Schuyler Wheeler
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Schuyler Skaats Wheeler (May 17, 1860 – April 20, 1923) was an American engineer who invented the two-blade electric fan in 1882 at age 22.[1]
Wheeler was born in Massachusetts. His two-bladed electric fan was produced by the Crocker and Curtis Electric Motor Company. He died of angina pectoris at his home in Manhattan. [2]
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- ^ Cooling Trends - How the electric fan and air conditioning changed the way our ancestors kept their cool. Retrieved on 2007-12-31.
- ^ Staff report (April 21, 1923). Dr. S. S. Wheeler, Inventor, Dead; President of Crocker-Wheeler Co. Dies Suddenly at His Park Av. Home at 63. Engineer and physicist, founder of United Engineering Society. Presented Latimer-Clark Library to American Institute. New York Times
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| NAME | Wheeler, Schuyler |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | American inventor of the two-blade electric fan |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 17, 1860 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Massachusetts, USA |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 20, 1923 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | New York, New York, USA |
